Man and nature: the tropics and the poles1849 |
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... coast of Africa . The land of Ashantee forms the northern shore of the Gulph of Guinea , into which its numerous rivers " roll down the golden sand . ” The deep shade of huge forests overhangs their banks , beneath which lurks many a ...
... coast of Africa . The land of Ashantee forms the northern shore of the Gulph of Guinea , into which its numerous rivers " roll down the golden sand . ” The deep shade of huge forests overhangs their banks , beneath which lurks many a ...
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... coast of Central Africa merited the name of " The White Man's Grave ! " And we are apt to wonder how it is possible that man can inhabit such a land , and that he does not abandon it to the wild beasts which prowl and roar around his ...
... coast of Central Africa merited the name of " The White Man's Grave ! " And we are apt to wonder how it is possible that man can inhabit such a land , and that he does not abandon it to the wild beasts which prowl and roar around his ...
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... coast , or to husbandry in a fixed situation . The value of a reindeer is about one - third of that of a cow . It sells for three or four dollars , and a cow for from nine to twelve ; and the meat , skin , and horns of the one sell as ...
... coast , or to husbandry in a fixed situation . The value of a reindeer is about one - third of that of a cow . It sells for three or four dollars , and a cow for from nine to twelve ; and the meat , skin , and horns of the one sell as ...
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... coast of Greenland , and entered Lancaster's Sound . He sailed down Prince Regent's Inlet , to the spot where Captain Parry's ship , the Fury , had been wrecked four years before . Her crew had returned to England in the Hecla , and ...
... coast of Greenland , and entered Lancaster's Sound . He sailed down Prince Regent's Inlet , to the spot where Captain Parry's ship , the Fury , had been wrecked four years before . Her crew had returned to England in the Hecla , and ...
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... coast , it is said that forty thousand persons constantly live in the large clumsy ships that they build , called junks . It is said that the number of inhabitants is not less than 250,000,000 . The whole continent of Europe does not ...
... coast , it is said that forty thousand persons constantly live in the large clumsy ships that they build , called junks . It is said that the number of inhabitants is not less than 250,000,000 . The whole continent of Europe does not ...
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